(12-16-2018, 03:35 PM)JackCity Wrote: At the time it was plainly obvious they should have taken a QB over Fournette too. Watson and Mahomes were great prospects and Bortles is not a good QB.  

Their decision at the time was terrible and it's even worse when you look at it now.

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Taylor was extremely agile+ explosive for his size and could run through people for fun. Fournettes contact balance and agility is very poor. 

He doesn't break anywhere near as many tackles as guy his size should

It wasn't obvious, Bortles was coming off of a great season and nearly everyone agreed that it looked like he'd turned the corner. The new contract was premature but based on what he'd done in 2017, they were probably actually making the financially smart move. It's easy to look back on it and say what should have been.

I don't know how you expect Fournette to break tackles when he's constantly got two or three guys meeting him at the line of scrimmage. Taylor wasn't particularly great at breaking tackles, his best asset was his deceptive speed but again, great line to open holes for a RB will tend to help with that.

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